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China consumes twice US electricity as datacenter load jumps 17%

development2026-01-25

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China consumed 10.4 trillion kWh in 2025, double the US total, driven by a 17% jump in datacenter load, while TEPCO restarted a Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactor for the first time since Fukushima and EU wind and solar overtook fossil fuels.

Reported metric: 10.4T kWh

Reporting date: 2026-01-25 (not necessarily the event date)

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China consumes twice US electricity as datacenter load jumps 17%
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Reporting date: 2026-01-25
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-01-25-china-consumes-double-us-power
Claim: China consumed 10.4 trillion kWh in 2025, double the US total, driven by a 17% jump in datacenter load, while TEPCO restarted a Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactor for the first time since Fukushima and EU wind and solar overtook fossil fuels.
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- Welcome to January 25, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-january-25-2026
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